**FREE ENTRY // FRONT BAR GIG** Jad Pinnone

Anchored by a resonant voice, exhibiting the best of a storyteller and expressing his influences stemming from his Shilha Moroccan and Italian cultural roots, Australia’s Jad Pinnone is a sonic poet blending ambient blues, folk, and soulful R&B-infused maqam chants. Drawing from Moroccan folklore and spiritual Gnawa music and merging it with the alternative, Jad creates hypnotic soundscapes rich with dreamy, atmospheric elements that transport the listener to another world.Influences include Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Eminem, Matt Corby, Tash Sultana, Pearl Jam, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean and the greats of Moroccan, Sicilian and Italian music.